New York S 9789: Relates to obtaining jurisdiction over certain defendants in matters relating to a tenancy or lease

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S09789 Summary:

BILL NOS09789 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06250

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1803, UCCA; amd §1803, UJCA

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Standardizes the language across the relevant court acts to allow tenants statewide to sue in the county where the real property at issue is located in matters relating to a tenancy or lease; requires the Office of Court Administration to develop necessary forms, procedures and deliver a report.

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BILL NOS09789 

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04/06/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.916

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

05/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9789

 IN SENATE

 April 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the uniform city court act and the uniform justice court
 act, in relation to obtaining jurisdiction over certain defendants

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 1803 of the uniform city court
 2 act, as amended by chapter 485 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (a) Small claims shall be commenced upon the payment by the claimant
 5 of a filing fee of fifteen dollars for claims in the amount of one thou-
 6 sand dollars or less and twenty dollars for claims in the amount of more
 7 than one thousand dollars, without the service of a summons and, except
 8 by special order of the court, without the service of any pleading other
 9 than a statement of [his] the cause of action by the claimant or someone
 10 [in his] on the claimant's behalf to the clerk, who shall reduce the
 11 same to a concise, written form and record it in a docket kept especial-
 12 ly for such purpose. Such procedure shall provide for the sending of
 13 notice of such claim by ordinary first class mail and certified mail
 14 with return receipt requested to the party complained against (1) at
 15 [his] their residence, if [he] such person resides within the county,
 16 and [his] their residence is known to the claimant, or (2) at [his]
 17 their office or place of regular employment within the county if [he]
 18 such person does not reside therein or [his] their residence within the
 19 county is not known to the claimant, or (3) where the claimant is or was
 20 a tenant or lessee of real property owned by the defendant and the claim
 21 relates to such tenancy or lease and the notice of claim cannot be sent
 22 under paragraph one or two of this subdivision, at any place in the
 23 [county or an adjoining county] state where claimant may mail or other-
 24 wise deliver rent. If, after the expiration of twenty-one days, such
 25 ordinary first class mailing has not been returned as undeliverable, the
 26 party complained against shall be presumed to have received notice of
 27 such claim. Such notice shall include a clear description of the proce-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01403-01-5

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 1 dure for filing a counterclaim, pursuant to subdivision (c) of this
 2 section.
 3 Such procedure shall further provide for an early hearing upon and
 4 determination of such claim. No filing fee, however, shall be demanded
 5 or received on small claims of employees who shall comply with [§ 1912]
 6 section nineteen hundred twelve of this act which is hereby made appli-
 7 cable, except that necessary mailing costs shall be paid.
 8 § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 1803 of the uniform justice court act,
 9 as amended by chapter 485 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 10 follows:
 11 (a) Small claims shall be commenced upon the payment by the claimant
 12 of a filing fee of ten dollars for claims in the amount of one thousand
 13 dollars or less and fifteen dollars for claims in the amount of more
 14 than one tho